Hallux valgus surgery may produce early improvements in balance control: Results of a cross-sectional pilot study

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 489-497

  Sadra, Saba ^a   Fleischer, Adam ^a,b   Klein, Erin ^b   Grewal, Gurtej S ^c   Knight, Jessica ^b   Weil, Lowell Scott ^b   Weil Jr , Lowell ^b   Najafi, Bijan ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WEIL FOOT AND ANKLE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889032486     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030489     Document Type: Article

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